I did not see a heading for stupidity, so please forgive me if this is the wrong place to ask my question, and send me in the right direction...
I deleted ALL of my movie files from imovie, most importantly the project I was working on. I could explain how that happened, but I don't believe an excuse will help recover my files. Anywho, within a few minutes - before I realized that I had moved all my movies and data into the trash bin, my mac froze and I had to do a hard reboot. Big mistake, because when I reopened imovie EVERYTHING was gone. Poof! Up in smoke. I've searched online for clues to reverse this, no luck. I opened Time machine (didn't know about this, this is my first mac) but I guess it was set to the default, which is off.
I've tried two file recovery programs, Data Doctor and Stellar Phoenix. They both "hangup" at a certain point and stop. Not far enough to retrieve what I need.
Oh yeah, I also subscribe to Mozy online backup. So far, they've been completely useless. Their restore also "hangsup" and doesn't download any of my requested files. Not to mention it's last backup didn't seem to include my most recent projects.
ANy ideas? Other than I should never be allowed near a computer again?
I deleted ALL of my movie files from imovie, most importantly the project I was working on. I could explain how that happened, but I don't believe an excuse will help recover my files. Anywho, within a few minutes - before I realized that I had moved all my movies and data into the trash bin, my mac froze and I had to do a hard reboot. Big mistake, because when I reopened imovie EVERYTHING was gone. Poof! Up in smoke. I've searched online for clues to reverse this, no luck. I opened Time machine (didn't know about this, this is my first mac) but I guess it was set to the default, which is off.
I've tried two file recovery programs, Data Doctor and Stellar Phoenix. They both "hangup" at a certain point and stop. Not far enough to retrieve what I need.
Oh yeah, I also subscribe to Mozy online backup. So far, they've been completely useless. Their restore also "hangsup" and doesn't download any of my requested files. Not to mention it's last backup didn't seem to include my most recent projects.
ANy ideas? Other than I should never be allowed near a computer again?